Family identifies pregnant woman killed by officer

A household is grieving aft their loved 1 was changeable and killed connected Friday.

26-year-old Courtney Spraggins is the unfortunate successful a execution involving an off-duty Huntsville Police Department officer, her household tells WAAY 31. 

That officer, 28-year-old David McCoy, is facing a superior execution complaint and being held successful the Madison County Jail without bond.

The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s State Bureau of Investigation is starring the probe into what Huntsville constabulary called an “incident” Friday connected Lawsons Ridge Drive.

McCoy is connected administrative permission pending HPD’s interior reappraisal of the lawsuit per their policy.

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Family members accidental Courtney was 7 months large and successful a narration with McCoy.

Courtney was a parent to 2 and was large with a babe girl, her household tells WAAY 31.

"I miss your laughter and your smile," Spraggins' sister Megan Nicole said. "We were full opposites but we had a enslaved similar nary other. I miss you! It's not just you had to leave. Your beingness was robbed and determination volition beryllium justness for you."

A GoFundMe has been acceptable up to assistance wage for ceremonial expenses. 

According to Madison County Coroner Dr. Tyler Berryhill, an autopsy connected the unfortunate volition beryllium performed by the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences Huntsville Regional Laboratory connected Monday.

Two sources archer WAAY 31 that McCoy changeable a woman successful the caput wrong a parked vehicle, past called successful the decease claiming the pistillate changeable herself.

Those sources said the pistillate precocious informed McCoy she was large earlier the shooting occurred. 

Spraggins household says McCoy had known astir the pregnancy. 

McCoy reportedly called successful to dispatch to accidental a pistillate who appears to beryllium a termination unfortunate was sitting successful a car successful an flat analyzable parking lot, some sources said.

Text messages connected the woman’s telephone helped investigators pin down what they accidental truly happened Friday morning.

According to instrumentality enforcement sources, Huntsville Police Department investigators who responded to the telephone from their off-duty serviceman did the archetypal interrogation with McCoy earlier SBI was capable to speech with him.

Huntsville Police accidental the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency's State Bureau Of Investigation is starring this investigation.

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